This deposit reserves your seat in the workshop. The total cost for this four day workshop is $550. The balance of $450 is due 30 days prior to the workshop. For more information, please visit the Policies Page.

Painting the Cosmos
Location: Arvada, CO
Dates: 9am - 4pm, May 29th - June 1st, 2025 (four days)
Cost: $550
Prerequisites: Previous oil painting experience

Description: Striving to recreate in pigment the same iridescent flicker of color and light we perceive in the sky is one of my great, secret joys as a painter. I am excited to share some of my favorite techniques and tricks for capturing the ethereal mysteries of the sky with you, from dusk gradients and midnight darks to space dust and nebulous gasses. We will even spend a few hours working from life to investigate the deceptively simple glow of a candle flame before carrying these properties forward into other subject matter. During this four-day workshop, we will investigate the range of value, color, and ideal tools for painting celestial objects, including smooth surfaces, shaping tools, rich, dark transparent pigments, and stiff, sparkling lights. Creating “glow” is primarily about painting beautiful transitions and gradients—a widely transferable skill necessary for any subject matter. We will tackle these subtle transitions and changes in color with an alla prima approach, but the workshop will also include demos of glazing and velatura/e that can add even greater sophistication to your paintings.

***This small workshop at Robin’s home studio is limited to 10 students.
***If the class is full and you would like to be added to the waitlist, please email us via the contact page.

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